OP son’ll AUSTRALIA* 
•) ( 
3Jin. (8 cm.), relatively rather slender (up to gin., 9 mm.) and nearly equal 
above, occasionally much attenuated downwards, base bulbous ( Jin., 21 nun., 
diameter), somewhat striate, hollow, white becoming slightly dusky brownish 
below or throughout. Ring ample, nearly median or moderately superior, fixed or 
sometimes slightly movable, white. Flesh of pilous white, thick in the centre, 
very attenuated at the periphery. Smell pleasant'. Spores elliptical or nearly 
subspherical, oblique, not thick-walled, under the microscope with a brownish 
tint, 6.5 to 9.3 x 3.5 to 5 ju, 9 x 7.5 g, 11 x 6.5 fi. Edible. Eaten by slugs. 
Amongst grass after rain or on peaty soil. South Australia — Adelaide (on lawn 
at the University), Woodville, Beaumont, grassy hills near Adelaide, Buekland 
Park, Mount Compass, Encounter Bay, Kadimi. February to July. (Figure 7.) 
Our Australian plants agree with the descriptions and figures given of this 
species with the exception that, as judged from the illustrations, the stems are 
rather more slender. The species is an edible one but so far does not seem to have 
| Phn lo. In/ K, ./. Roger*. 
Figure 7 . — Lepiota nmucina Fr. var. UucotMten (Vittad.) Fr. (No. 26). Woodville. 
been tasted in Australia. This should be done with circumspection in spite of the 
identification of our plants as L. naiwina. The species is not uncommon, resembles 
in general appearance the common field mushroom but has white or only faintly 
pink or brownish gills, and can be readily recognised by its size, nearly pure white 
appearance, free gills, definite ring on the stem and the soft smooth often easily 
indented pileus. 
27. Lepiota erminea Fr. (L., ermineun, white). — Pileus about 2in. (5 cm.), 
convex, smooth, white becoming pallid brownish. Gills free, rather narrow, close’ 
white becoming Light Buff (XV.)- Stem 3in. (7.5 cm.), slender, slightly attenuated 
upwards, striate, solid, white becoming pallid with a brownish tinge. Ring 
definite, subdistant. Spores oblique, elliptical, 9 to 10 x 5.5 to 6 g. Under trees! 
South Australia — Mount Schank (S.E.), May. 
There is doubt as to the identification of this species. This white Lepiota 
from the South-East has a much more slender stem than L. naucina and is 
clearly not this species. 
(h) Universal veil sheathing the stem, at first extending continuously 
FROM THE STEM TO THE PILEUS, AT LENGTH RUPTURED AND FORMING AN 
inferior king. Pileus granular or warted, consisting chiefly of 
GLOBOSE CELLS. 
No South Australian species yet recorded. 
